Laboratory Technician (Environmental Monitoring)

LifeNet Health•Virginia Beach, VA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

AT LIFENET HEALTH, YOU ARE THE ADVANTAGE Every day, YOU help us to save lives, restore health, and bring hope to patients and families around the world. At LifeNet Health, we cultivate growth, innovation, and collaboration, where your contributions drive solutions that benefit humanity. Together , we are united by a mission greater than ourselves, a purpose rooted in healing. ABOUT THIS JOB Location : Virginia Beach, VA Department : QC Laboratory Schedule : Full-Time, Monday-Friday , 8:00AM- 4 :45PM, including rotating weekends and holidays, additional overtime required Clinical Status : Clinical HOW YOU’LL MAKE AN IMPACT As an Laboratory Technician ( Environmental Monitoring ) , you’ll play a vital role in advancing our mission. In this position, you’ll be responsible for receiv ing and process ing incoming laboratory samples, determining sample acceptance and reviewing documentation. Technicians initiate CAPA for all samples received not meeting LifeNet Health SOPs. Technicians perform moderately complex laboratory duties in registered CLIA subspecialties of testing and nonclinical (industrial) testing. Your work will have purpose every single day, contributing directly to life-changing outcomes.

Requirements

Associate degree – Medical Laboratory Technology, Clinical Laboratory Science, chemical, physical or biological science
1-year related laboratory experience

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree
3 years related laboratory experience
Attention to detail: Able to perform tasks thoroughly and with care; checks work to ensure high degree of accuracy/completeness and early/on-time delivery
Time Management: Able to prioritize multiple, competing priorities and manage time/workload. Demonstrated ability to effectively prioritize and juggle multiple time sensitive projects, multi-task, identify project interdependencies and potential risks/pitfalls.
Communication skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to communicate and build relationships with all professionals at different levels within the organization.

Responsibilities

Receives and processes laboratory samples for testing or archive, ensuring laboratory samples meet acceptance criteria.
Recognizes, resolves, and reports atypical events encountered and documents CAPA when required.
Performs moderately complex laboratory duties in registered CLIA subspecialties of testing and nonclinical (industrial) testing.
Performs quality control according to established policies and procedures.
Recognizes and reports atypical events encountered during performance of tests.
Initiates orders for lab tests, performs data entry, and reports test results using manual and laboratory information systems (LIS) according to established policies and procedures while maintaining complete and accurate departmental and donor records.
Monitors and operates laboratory equipment according to established policies and procedures.
Assures a safe, clean and orderly work area including maintenance of reagents, supplies, and stored samples.
Monitors supply and reagent levels and notify appropriate personnel when supplies are needed.